Bridge Maintenance Worker/Snow and Ice - Transportation Generalist Senior

Multiple vacancies in Metro Bridge Maintenance at the following locations: Mendota Heights, Plymouth, and Spring Lake Park.

About the role

The work you'll do is more than just a job. At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Bridge Maintenance:
  • Performs and maintains necessary repairs and installations in steel fabrication and erection of bridges and structures to maintain structural integrity with minimal safety risk and public inconvenience.
  • Performs concrete work for the construction and repair of bridges and structures, ensuring correct placement, consolidation, finishing, and curing according to specifications.
  • Performs carpentry duties related to bridges, buildings, and structures to ensure proper construction, remodeling, and forming in compliance with standards and building codes.
  • Assists with safety inspections on bridges and structures, cleans and prepares them for painting to maintain structural integrity according to Federal and State requirements.
  • Provides traffic control setup.
• Snow & Ice:
  • Maintains roadways for snow and ice control.
  • Removes snow from roadways and shoulders.
  • Opens and widens roadways with large accumulations of snow.
  • Removes snow from rights of way or yards.
  • Applies anti-icing and de-icing chemicals on highways under slippery conditions.
  • Removes ice and material from culverts.

Requirements

• Two (2) years of experience performing carpentry, concrete work, iron work, or a combination of these activities:
  • Carpentry: Building construction, building repairs, or framing.
  • Concrete work: Grading, bridge construction/repair/maintenance, or forming, placing, and finishing concrete.
  • Iron work: Structural steel erection, setting anchor bolts and inserts, gusset plate installation, placement of reinforcing steel or rebar, or rebar replacement.
• Working knowledge of English sufficient to read, write, speak, and understand oral and written information; communicate with employees and the public in-person or via two-way radio and other electronic devices; and maintain routine written logs and simple records.
• Valid Class D Driver’s License and a Class A CDL Permit with no airbrake restriction and a tanker endorsement.

A two-year technical trades training or degree (e.g., carpentry, concrete/masonry) or equivalent may be substituted for one year of experience. Transcripts must be submitted for education to be considered in lieu of work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Class A or B CDL with no airbrake restriction and a tanker endorsement.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work nights and outdoors exposed to weather elements (hot and cold) on an intermittent basis.
• Drive motorized vehicles in on- and off-road conditions.
• Walk on even and uneven/sloping ground.
• Frequently rotate through body positions (standing, twisting, bending, sitting, kneeling, and squatting).
• Occasionally operate machinery and equipment under varying temperatures.
• Wear and use personal protective equipment to protect the head, eyes, hearing, respiration, visibility, and feet from injury.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to communicate through writing, speaking, and hearing, and use electronic communication equipment (e.g., telephone, two-way radio, computer).

Additional Requirements

• All job offers are contingent upon passing a Criminal Background Check, SEMA4 Records Check, Drug Screening, Employment Verification, Reference Checks, and Driver’s License Screening at the required level.
• Subject to drug and alcohol testing. Individuals not currently in the random testing pool must pass a preplacement drug test for evidence of use of marijuana, cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine (PCP), amphetamines, and semi-synthetic opioids (e.g., hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone).
• Must be immediately accessible by phone and able to report to work within one (1) hour in the event of an emergency and/or snow and ice events.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 12 paid holidays each year.
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans.
• Fertility care, including IVF.
• Diabetes care.
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children.
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children.
• Pension plan that provides income after working at least three years.
• Employer-paid life insurance to support your family in the event of death.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury.
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care.
• Resources that promote physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being.
• Support to help you reach your career goals:
  • Training, classes, and professional development.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (some positions may qualify).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for work/life support:
  • A voluntary, confidential program that helps employees and their families with life challenges impacting health, well-being, or job performance (e.g., mental health, relationship challenges, grief and loss, finances, legal issues).
  • Daily Living/Convenience Services: Chore services, home repair, trip planning, child/elder care.

Programs, resources, and benefits eligibility varies based on type of employment, agency, funding availability, union/collective bargaining agreement, location, and length of service with the State of Minnesota.

Pay

$27.14 - $35.09 per hour; $56,668 - $73,267 annually.

Schedule

• Day Shift: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM.
• Days of Work: Monday - Friday.
• No travel required.